Police: Vehicle severed lamppost from base

Middletown police are looking for a vehicle that caused $5,000 of damage to an antique style light pole in town.

Staff Reports

Middletown police are looking for a vehicle that caused $5,000 of damage to an antique style light pole in town.

On Dec. 17 at around 12:25 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 100 block of West Main Street for a hit and run accident.

Police said that an unknown vehicle, possibly a blue Ford, struck an antique style light pole and left the scene.

The vehicle had been traveling east on Main Street and for an unknown reason strayed off the travel portion of the roadway and struck the pole, police said. The vehicle then continued driving eat, leaving the light pole severed from its base.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Middletown Police Department at (302) 376-9950.